Braking runner for hauling vehicles



April 29,1941. T. HUNTINGTON 2,240,399

BRAKING RUNNER FOR HAULING VEHICLES Filed Jan. 30, 1939 4 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor A itorneys April 29, 1941. 1-. HUNTINGTON BRAKING RUNNER FOR HAUQING VEHICLES 4 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Jan. 30-, 1939 Inventor mamasflzazizz ion A iiomeys April 1941- 1'. HUNTINGTON 2,240,399

BRAKING RUNNER FOR HAULINGiVEHICLES Filed Jan. 50, 1939 4 Sheets-Sheet 3 Inventor A ttorneys I A ril 29, 1941; 'r. HUNTINGTON 2,240,399

BRAKING RUNNER FOR HAULING VEHICLES Filed Jan. 30, 1939 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 FRN In ventor A itomeys Patented Apr. 29, 1%1

eater-tr Application Sanitary 30, l

2 Claims.

This invention appertains to new and. useful improvements in hauling vehicles and more particularly to a vehicle especially adapted for use in hauling heavy loads.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle which includes a braking runner and wheels which can be properly adjusted under the load to balance the same.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a vehicle involving a runner and wheels wherein the wheels are adjustable to a position to balance the load and wherein the runners are used principally as braking means to retard the descent of the vehicle down a slope.

These and other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following specification.

In the drawings- Figure 1 represents a side elevational a vehicle.

Figure 2 is a top plan view of the chassis.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view.

Figure 4 is a cross sectional view on a line t l of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a front elevational view.

Figure 6 is a fragmentary detailed sectional view of the manual adjusting means.

Figure 7 is a top plan View of the runner assembly.

Figure 8 is a bottom plan View of the bearing annulus for the runner.

Figure 9 is a fragmentary detailed sectional View taken substantially on a line 99 of Figure 1.

Figure 10 is a bottom plan view of the runner assembly.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that the vehicle consists of the body generally referred to by numeral 5 and which consists of the bottom 6, the side walls l, the back wall 8 and front wall 9.

The chassis of the truck consists of the elongated beam to. Numeral H represents the back support, numeral E2 the intermediate support and the numeral IS the transverse beam at the under side of the bottom 6, the transverse beam l3 beiew of log secured to the under side of the bottom 6 as h see,

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(Cl. Nit-5) shafts it are rollers it upon which the bottom of the vehicle body rests.

Brace members il extend from the rear support 5 l convergingly to the support i2, while the block i5 is secured in place on the rear portions of the beam to. A riser tea. is secured to the axle bar it and in turn has the brace member I! secured thereto, the brace members at their ends being secured to the bars ii and :2.

The front runner assembly as shown in Figure '7 consists of the runner block at having the metallic strip 22 suitably secured to its riding edge and from this strip 22 depends the anti-skidding fin 23. To the forward end of the block 21 is secured the yoke i l by a pin or the like 25, this yoke having the tongue 26 extending therefrom and preferably formed with an eye 2? at its lead vehicle attaching end.

A yoke 28 depends from the cross member 29 and through this yoke 28 and the body of the runner is disposed the pin 3%. Thus the runner is rockably supported. At the top of the cross member 23 is suitably secured the bearing annulus 3! on which the bearing annulus 32 at the under side of the front beam. I3 is rideable, the annulus 32 being secured to member 33 on the under side of the member IS.

A pin 3 3 extends downwardly through the annular members 32 and it to pass downwardly through a plate extension 33a which is pivotally secured at its rear end as at 36a to the forward end of the beam It).

A gear housing 35 is suitably secured to the front side of the beam l3 and has the shaft 36 extending horizontally therethrough while the lower end of the shaft section 3? extends vertically therethrough. The lower end of the shaft section 3'! has a worm 38 which meshes with the gear '39 on the shaft 36. The ends of the shaft 36 are journalled in the bearings lflfl and each end portion of the shaft 3 2 also carries a pulley 4!.

As is shown in Figures 1 and 3, the shaft 3'! has a complementary shaft section 42 which is disposed upwardly and has the crank handle 3 at its upper end. A pin and recess connection 44 is provided between the said shaft sections 42 and 31.

Two cables 45 are employed. One of these cables has one of its ends attached to one of the pulleys 4! with its other end attached to the bar l2, while the other cable has one end attached to the other pulley ll and extends rear- Wardly to be trained around a pulley 48 carried by a holder 43a (see Fig. 2) and returned forwardly to attach to the same ibar i2.

It can thus be seen, that when the crank handle 43 is rotated, the cable &5 is moved in such a manner as to shift the entire wheel assembly under the vehicle body 5 with the result that accurate balancing of the load is obtainable.

When the load is properly balanced and is being pulled over level ground or up hill, the run ner 2| will just barely be touching the ground, if at all, and there will be practically no hindrance to the free travel of the vehicle. However, in coming down hill, any retardation of the lead vehicle will result in the buckling under of the forward end of the load carrying vehicle with the result that the runner 2! is brought down to the ground and acts as a retarding agent for the vehicle. This is of course due to the manner in which the tongue 25: is connected to the lead vehicle, the lead vehicle preferably having upstanding pins 59 over which the eye 27 is disposed. This pin is may have a cross member 4911 extending therethrough to prevent displacement of the eye 2?.

The upstanding legs l4 serve to guide the wheeled assembly when it is being adjusted under the vehicle body 5.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1,. A hauling vehicle comprising a body, a wheeled carriage for the body, a ground engaging drag under the forward end portion of the body and a draft member extending from the said drag, said wheeled carriage being adapted to balance the load of the body and its contents to maintain the drag removed from the ground while a pulling force is exerted on the draft member, and means constructed and arranged to permit shifting of the carriage beneath the body to regulate the balance disposition of the carriage with respect to the body, saidmeans comprising a hand operated member, a guide for the carriage and a cable arrangement operatively connected with the carriage and controlled by the said manually operated member.

2. A hauling vehicle comprising a body, a Wheeled carriage for the body, a ground engaging drag under the forward end portion of the body, a draft member extending from said drag, said wheeled carriage being adapted to balance the load of the body and its contents to maintain the drag removed from the ground while a pulling force is exerted on the dragft member, a winch on the forward end of the body, means for operating the winch, and a cable extending from the winch to the wheeled carriage whereby the body can be shifted over the wheeled car- 

